California smashburger pioneer is for sale but still dishing them up ^4.1%

Los Angeles Times - By Hailey Branson-Potts - 4/7/2026, 10:00 AM

Biased Writer Voice 9% - Appeal to Emotion 2.5% - Status Quo Bias 1.6%

Damburger, opened in Redding in 1938, is one of California’s oldest continuously operating smashburger restaurants. The legendary burger joint has been run by just three families and now is for sale. Smashburgers are trendy now but became popular during the Great Depression, when meat was scarcer and had to be stretched. REDDING — The... more

Court denies AG’s petition to block Republican sheriff’s investigation of 650,000 ballots ^33.5%

Los Angeles Times - By Hailey Branson-Potts - 3/24/2026, 10:16 PM

The feud between California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has escalated after Bonta asked a court to stop Bianco’s investigation into alleged election fraud. In a 70-page petition filed with California’s 4th District Court of Appeal on Monday, Bonta wrote that “the Sheriff’s misguided investigation... more